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Preserved Great Northern Railway Post Office
and Mail Cars
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DISPOSITION |
CURRENT OWNER |
LOCATION |
REMARKS |
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41 |
Photo taken August 4, 2003 |
Railway Post Office- Storage Mail car |
1951 by American Car & Foundry |
41 |
CB&Q 41. Sold to CB&Q in the 1953 Empire Builder mileage equalization |
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To BN (607) 1970. To MC 19?? |
Minnesota Commercial Ry. |
Minneapolis, MN |
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42 |
Photo by Keith Brownfield |
Railway Post Office- Storage Mail car |
3/1951 by American Car & Foundry |
42 |
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To BN (603) 1970. Donated to CSRM 11/1979. |
California State Railroad Museum |
Sacramento, CA |
Restored to 1967 appear- ance. |
60 |
Photo taken July 28, 2000 |
74' HW Baggage Mail & Express Car |
1918 by American Car & Foundry |
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Inland Empire Railway Historical Society |
Fairgrounds Spokane, WA |
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86 |
Photo taken July 20, 2002 |
71' Wood Baggage Mail & Express Car |
10-11/1913 by American Car & Foundry | 814 |
86 re# 1926-27 |
03266 MOW Tool Material Car for System Electrical Crew No.8 - Lines West' 11/1953 |
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To BN (#?) 1970. Sold 11/1982 |
Private owner | Vaughn, MT | |
234 | Not available | 64' Steel Storage Mail | 5/30/1914 by Barney & Smith as Postal Car | 7 |
206 Rebuilt to Mail- Storage 8/31/1920 |
1206 Rebuilt to Baggage- Dynamo 3/31/1922 |
226 Rebuilt to Baggage 7/10/ 1926 |
192 Rebuilt to Baggage- Mail- Express 12/21/ 1927 |
234 Rebuilt to Mail-Storage 7/1963 |
To BN (792). To MOW 976080 2/6/1974. Donated to WWFIM 9/1/1983 | Western Washington Forest Industries Museum - Camp 6 Logging Museum | Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, WA | |
237 | Not available | 64' Steel Storage Mail | 5/26/1914 by Barney & Smith as Postal Car | 3 |
202 Rebuilt to Mail- Storage 7/24/1920 |
1202 Rebuilt to Baggage- Dynamo 5/16/1922 |
222 Rebuilt to Baggage 9/10/ 1926 |
44 Rebuilt to Baggage- Mail 1/24/ 1928 |
237 Rebuilt to Mail-Storage 3/1962 |
To BN (794). To MOW 968156 5/15/1974. Sold to Smith Bros. 6/10/1984. To M&W RR 19?? | Minnesota & Western Railroad | 8619 State Hwy 55 NW, Annandale, MN | |
257 | Not available | 64' Steel Storage Mail | 7/11/1918 by Pressed Steel Co. as Postal Car | 24 |
257 Rebuilt to Storage- 9/1951 |
- | - | - | - | To BN 779. To MOW 976153 11/15/1977. To Codington County Historical Society 19??. To Whetstone Valley Railroad Historical Society 1997. To LSRM 11/2012. | Union Depot, Duluth, MN | From Milbank, SD | |
270 |
Photo taken July 28, 2000 |
LW Storage Mail |
1948 by GN St. Cloud shops as LW baggage car |
270 |
270 Converted to storage mail 1966. |
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Fairgrounds Spokane, WA |
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328 |
Photo taken July 22, 2004 |
Wood RPO |
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Gopher State Railway Museum |
New Praque, MN |
Formerly located at Bandana Square (NP Como Shops) in St. Paul. |
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475 |
Photo taken 2003 by Stuart Spencer Photo taken May 5, 2005 by Robert Ulberg |
HW Rider- Storage- Mail car |
1912 by Pullman as HW sleeper 'Kenova'. Rebuilt as tourist sleeper PLM 1439 3/1943 |
475 Purchased by GN 2/1948 and converted to rider- storage- mail car 11/1948 |
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To BN (475) 1970. To BN MOW 976060 3/1973. To Standard Rail Service 8/1985. To PRPA 19?? and named 'Kenny Prager'. To Jim Davis 2004. |
Jim Davis | St. Helens, OR | |
480 |
Photo taken July 18, 2001 |
HW Rider- Storage- Mail car |
1917 by Pullman as HW sleeper 'Tazmania'. Rebuilt as tourist sleeper PLM 2549 3/1943 |
480 Purchased by GN 2/1948 and converted to rider- storage- mail car 12/1948 |
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To BN (480) 1970. Retired 2/1979. To MTM 1979. |
Minnesota Transportation Museum |
Jackson St. Roundhouse St. Paul, MN |
Donated |
485 |
Photo courtesy Richard S. Wilkens |
HW Rider- Storage- Mail car |
1921 by Pullman as HW sleeper 'Epicurus'. Rebuilt as tourist sleeper PLM 1056 1941 |
485 Purchased by GN 3/1948 and converted to rider- storage- mail car 12/1948 |
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To BN (485) 1970. To BN 968060 MOW 1972. To BN 950190 MOW 1972. Retired 3/1986 |
Northwest Railway Museum |
Snoqualmie, WA |
Donated 3/1986 to Puget Sound Railway Museum |
1104 |
Photo taken April 2004 by Jeff Swiontek |
85' LW Mail & Baggage car |
1946 by Pullman |
1104 |
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To BN (701) 1970. |
BNSF |
East Grand Forks, MN |
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1108 |
Photo taken July 18, 2002 |
74' LW Mail & Baggage car |
12/1948 by GN St. Cloud Shops |
1108 |
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To BN (620) 1970. |
Washington State Railroads Historical Society |
Big Pasco Industrial Park Pasco, WA |
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BN numbers were assigned but often not applied. Cars with BN numbers shown within brackets are not confirmed to have worn that number. | |||||||||||||
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